GPT-5 vs QwQ-32B Comparison
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
GPT-5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks.
GPT-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only GPT-5 specifies input context (400,000 tokens). Only GPT-5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
GPT-5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B does not.
GPT-5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
GPT-5
QwQ-32B
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-5 was released on 2025-08-07, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.
GPT-5 is 5 months newer than QwQ-32B.
Aug 7, 2025
7 months ago
5mo newerMar 5, 2025
1.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-30, while QwQ-32B has a cutoff of 2024-11-28.
QwQ-32B has more recent training data (up to 2024-11-28), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to GPT-5 (2024-09-30).
Sep 2024
Nov 2024
2 mo newerOutputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
GPT-5
View detailsOpenAI
QwQ-32B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team